Tests for this company’s precise and revolutionary technology, that detects diseases at an earlier stage than any other on the market, could only be performed on site in their highly secure and approved laboratories. As a result, they wanted to get regulatory approval to allow this to happen anywhere in the world. They didn’t have the Regulatory & Quality leadership experience and expertise to be able to navigate the strategy needed to gain clearance, and were looking for the right person for a new role that was difficult to clearly define, leading to requirement changes throughout the process which was not helped by the market uncertainty that the COVID-19 pandemic brought midway through the recruitment process.